modal pop-up in idea loses focus while entering text

Mon, 30 Jun 2014 11:01:00 +0000

Hi. I'm only experiencing this problem when using i3 - and it really is a shame, since it sort of makes the VM unusable for work :( Software: 1. IntelliJ IDEA v13.1.2 Build #IU-135.690 2. i3 version 4.7.2 (2014-01-23, branch "tags/4.7.2") What: a) Open a project in IDEA, type -N to open the "find class dialog box". b) Start typing characters to find a class. c) The dialog-box will flicker, and one of your characters will be sent to "the editor". Effectively, this means, that I've accidentially changed a file (possibly making it non-compilable). It makes using IDEA with i3 impossible. Do you know any work around for this?

Answer by rafi for
Hi.

I'm only experiencing this problem when using i3 - and it really is a shame, since it sort of makes the VM unusable for work :(

Software:

IntelliJ IDEA v13.1.2 Build #IU-135.690

i3 version 4.7.2 (2014-01-23, branch "tags/4.7.2")

What:

a) Open a project in IDEA, type <ctrl>-N to open the "find class dialog box".

b) Start typing characters to find a class.

c) The dialog-box will flicker, and one of your characters will be sent to "the editor".

Effectively, this means, that I've accidentially changed a file (possibly making it non-compilable).

It makes using IDEA with i3 impossible.

Do you know any work around for this?

Mon, 30 Jun 2014 12:15:22 +0000

The fight for focus. You could try to disable i3's `focus_follows_mouse` option. Or, check out the `idea.properties` file in your IDE installation folder, specially this parameter: #--------------------------------------------------------------------- # There are two possible values of idea.popup.weight property: "heavy" and "medium". # If you have WM configured as "Focus follows mouse with Auto Raise" then you have to # set this property to "medium". It prevents problems with popup menus on some # configurations. #--------------------------------------------------------------------- idea.popup.weight=medium Also, you could use a tool like `unclutter` to make the mouse-cursor less obtrusive, run it like this: unclutter -idle 3 -jitter 5 -noevents -root & I've recently started using `xbanish` as well, will hide the mouse as soon as you start typing.

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